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29 July 2011 Dear Shareholder 2011 Annual General Meeting I am pleased to be writing to you with details of our Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) which we are holding at the offices of College Hill, The Registry, Royal Mint Court, London EC3N 4QN on Thursday 8 September 2011 at 11am. The formal Notice of Annual General Meeting together with an explanation of the resolutions on which you will be asked to vote are set out on pages 1 to 9 attached. The Directors consider that all the resolutions to be put to the meeting are in the best interests of Flybe Group plc (the ‘Company’) and its shareholders as a whole and unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of them, as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings. If you would like to vote on the resolutions but cannot attend the AGM, please register your proxy appointment and voting instructions in one of the following ways: • By lodging your instructions online at www.flybe-shares.com. To do this you will need your investor code, which is shown on your share certificate. • By filling in the proxy form sent to you with this Notice of Annual General Meeting and returning it to our registrar as soon as possible. • If you are a CREST member, by submitting a CREST message. Please see the ‘Important information’ section at the back of the Notice of Annual General Meeting for further details. All proxy appointments and instructions, by whichever method you choose, must be received by our registrar by 11am on Tuesday 6 September 2011. If you appoint a proxy this will not prevent you from attending and voting at the AGM in person, should you choose to do so. Yours sincerely Jim French Chairman and Chief Executive Flybe Group plc Jack Walker House Exeter International Airport Exeter Devon EX5 2HL England Telephone +44 (0)1392 366669 investor.relations@flybe.com www.flybe.com Registered office: Jack Walker House, Exeter International Airport, Exeter, Devon, EX5 2HL England. Registered in England Number 1373432

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29 July 2011

Dear Shareholder

2011 Annual General Meeting

I am pleased to be writing to you with details of our Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) which we are holding at the offices of College Hill, The Registry, Royal Mint Court, London EC3N 4QN on Thursday 8 September 2011 at 11am. The formal Notice of Annual General Meeting together with an explanation of the resolutions on which you will be asked to vote are set out on pages 1 to 9 attached.

The Directors consider that all the resolutions to be put to the meeting are in the best interests of Flybe Group plc (the ‘Company’) and its shareholders as a whole and unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of them, as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.

If you would like to vote on the resolutions but cannot attend the AGM, please register your proxy appointment and voting instructions in one of the following ways:

• By lodging your instructions online at www.flybe-shares.com. To do this you will need your investor code, which is shown on your share certificate.

• By filling in the proxy form sent to you with this Notice of Annual General Meeting and returning it to our registrar as soon as possible.

• If you are a CREST member, by submitting a CREST message. Please see the ‘Important information’ section at the back of the Notice of Annual General Meeting for further details.

All proxy appointments and instructions, by whichever method you choose, must be received by our registrar by 11am on Tuesday 6 September 2011.

If you appoint a proxy this will not prevent you from attending and voting at the AGM in person, should you choose to do so.

Yours sincerely

Jim FrenchChairman and Chief Executive

Flybe Group plcJack Walker HouseExeter International AirportExeterDevonEX5 2HLEngland

Telephone +44 (0)1392 [email protected]

Registered office: Jack Walker House, Exeter International Airport, Exeter, Devon, EX5 2HL England. Registered in England Number 1373432

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THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO ANY ASPECT OF THE PROPOSALS REFERRED TO IN THIS DOCUMENT OR AS TO THE ACTION YOU SHOULD TAKE, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONSULT YOUR STOCKBROKER, BANK MANAGER, SOLICITOR, ACCOUNTANT OR OTHER INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVISER. AUTHORISED UNDER THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 IF YOU ARE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR, IF YOU RESIDE ELSEWHERE, ANOTHER APPROPRIATELY AUTHORISED FINANCIAL ADVISER.

IF YOU HAVE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ALL OF YOUR SHARES IN FLYBE GROUP PLC, PLEASE PASS THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER WITH THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY FORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, OR TO THE PERSON WHO ARRANGED THE SALE OR TRANSFER SO THEY CAN PASS THESE DOCUMENTS TO THE PERSON WHO NOW HOLDS THE SHARES.

Notice of Annual General MeetingNotice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) of Flybe Group plc (the ‘Company’) will be held at the offices of College Hill, The Registry, Royal Mint Court, London EC3N 4QN on Thursday 8 September 2011 at 11am for the purposes set out below:

Resolutions 1 to 17 will be proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 18 to 20 will be proposed as Special Resolutions.

Ordinary Business

Resolution 1: Directors’ Report and AccountsTo receive and adopt the Company’s annual report and accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2011 together with the reports of the Directors and the auditors.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 1The Directors must present their annual report and accounts (the ‘Annual Report’) for the financial year ended 31 March 2011 to the shareholders at the AGM.

Resolution 2: Directors’ Remuneration ReportTo approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2011.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 2In accordance with section 439 of the Companies Act 2006 (the ‘2006 Act’), the Board has presented its Directors’ Remuneration Report (the ‘Remuneration Report’) to shareholders in the Annual Report.

The Remuneration Report, which can be found in the Annual Report (pages 46 to 51) gives details of Directors’ remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2011 and sets the Company’s overall policy on Directors’ remuneration. The Company’s independent auditor, Deloitte LLP, has audited those parts of the Remuneration Report capable of being audited and its report can be found in the Annual Report (page 53).

The Board of Directors (the ‘Board’) considers that appropriate executive remuneration plays a vital role in helping to achieve the Company’s overall objectives and, accordingly, in compliance with the 2006 Act, shareholders will be invited to approve the Remuneration Report. The vote is advisory only, however, and the Directors’ entitlement to remuneration is not conditional on this resolution being passed.

Resolution 3: To re-elect Mr Mark Chown as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 4:To re-elect Mr James French as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 5:To re-elect Mr Andrew Knuckey as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 6:To re-elect Mr David Longbottom as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 7:To re-elect Mr Michael Rutter as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 8:To re-elect Mr Charles Scott as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 9:To re-elect Mr Alan Smith as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 10:To re-elect Mr Peter Smith as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 11:To re-elect Mr Andrew Strong as a Director of the Company.

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Explanatory Note to Resolutions 3 to 11The Articles of Association of the Company state that any Director who was not elected or re-elected at either of the previous two preceding annual general meetings will retire from office and be eligible for re-election. All of the Directors named in Resolutions 3 to 11 are eligible to stand for re-election and have indicated their willingness to do so. There is biographical information about each of the Directors in the Annual Report (pages 36 and 37). The Board has concluded that David Longbottom, Charles Scott, Alan Smith and Peter Smith are independent non-executive Directors under the terms of the UK Corporate Governance Code. The Board considers that the performance of all of the Directors named in Resolutions 3 to 11 continues to be effective and they have each demonstrated a strong commitment to their role. The Board recommends they be re-elected.

Resolution 12: Electing a Director appointed to the Board since the last annual general meetingTo elect Mrs Anita Lovell, who has been appointed as a Director of the Company since the last annual general meeting of the Company, as a Director of the Company.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 12Mrs Anita Lovell was appointed as a non-executive Director on 8 July 2010. The Annual Report contains biographical information about her (page 37). The Board considers that Mrs Lovell’s performance continues to be effective and she has demonstrated a strong committment to her role. The Board recommends she be elected as a Director.

Resolution 13: Re-appointment of auditorTo re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 13An independent auditor is required to be appointed at each general meeting at which accounts are presented to shareholders. The Directors propose to re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company’s independent auditor.

Resolution 14: Auditor remunerationTo authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 14This resolution proposes that the Directors be authorised to set the auditor’s remuneration.

Resolution 15: Political donations and political expenditureThat, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 (the ‘2006 Act’), the Company and all companies that are its subsidiaries at any time during the period for which this resolution has effect be authorised, in aggregate:

(a) to make political donations to political parties and/or independent election candidates not exceeding £15,000 in total;

(b) to make political donations to political organisations other than political parties not exceeding £15,000 in total; and

(c) to incur political expenditure not exceeding £15,000 in total,

(as such terms are defined in sections 363 to 365 of the 2006 Act) during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution and ending at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 8 December 2012).

Explanatory Note to Resolutions 15Resolution 15 concerns Part 14 of the 2006 Act. It requires that political donations made by a company to political parties, to other political organisations and to independent election candidates and political expenditure incurred by a company in the European Union (‘EU’) (as such terms are defined in the 2006 Act) be authorised in advance by shareholders.

The Company’s policy is that it does not make political donations or incur political expenditure in the EU of the type covered by these provisions and it has no intention of using the authority for this purpose. However, as a result of the wide definitions in the 2006 Act, there is some uncertainty over whether some normal expenditure and business activities that might not be considered to be political donations or political expenditure in the usual sense could be caught. The Company is therefore seeking authority under this resolution in order to prevent inadvertent breach of the 2006 Act.

If passed, this resolution would allow the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure in the EU (as defined in the 2006 Act) up to an aggregate limit of £15,000 in respect of each of the actions set out in paragraphs (a) to (c) of this resolution and an overall aggregate limit of £45,000. Political donations made or political expenditure incurred will be disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report the following year, as required by the 2006 Act.

The authority will only be valid until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting in 2012 or 8 December 2012, whichever is the earlier.

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Resolution 16: Electronic CommunicationsThat, the Company be authorised to send all documents, notices and information by electronic means (as such term is defined in the Financial Services Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules) including by means of a website and in all electronic forms.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 16Resolution 16 will be proposed as an ordinary resolution to authorise the Company to communicate with its members using electronic means.

From 20 January 2007 it became a Financial Services Authority requirement to obtain shareholder consent to such methods of communication and Resolution 16 does that. In order to communicate electronically with our shareholders we will also need to comply with the provisions of the 2006 Act and obtain individual agreement from each shareholder to particular types of communication for example using email or a website.

Resolution 17: Authority to allot sharesThat, subject to and in accordance with Article 15 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the Board be and it is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 551 of the 2006 Act (in substitution for any existing authority to allot shares to the extent unused) to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £250,000 provided that such authority shall expire on the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or 8 December 2012 whichever is the earlier, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require such shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted after such expiry, and the Board may allot shares and grant rights to subscribe or convert securities into shares in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred by this resolution had not expired.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 17The 2006 Act provides that directors shall only allot shares with the authority of shareholders in general meeting. The authority given to the Directors when the Company’s shares were admitted to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange on 15 December 2010 (the ‘IPO’) to allot (or issue) shares pursuant to section 551 of the 2006 Act expires on the date of the AGM.

Resolution 17 will be proposed as an ordinary resolution for the renewal of the Directors’ general authority to issue shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £250,000, representing approximately one third of the current issued share capital of the Company. The Directors have no present intention of exercising this authority.

The authority granted under Resolution 17 will expire at the next annual general meeting or 8 December 2012, whichever is the earlier.

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Special Business

Resolution 18: Power to allot equity securities for cashThat, subject to the passing of Resolution 17 as set out in this Notice of Annual General Meeting, and in accordance with Article 16 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the Board be empowered pursuant to section 570 of the 2006 Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the said Act) for cash pursuant to the general authority conferred by Resolution 17 as set out in the notice of this meeting and be empowered pursuant to section 573 of the said Act to sell ordinary shares (as defined in section 560 of the said Act) held by the Company as treasury shares (as defined in section 724 of the said Act) for cash, as if section 561(1) of the said Act did not apply to such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to allotments of equity securities and the sale of treasury shares:

(a) in connection with or pursuant to an offer by way of rights, open offer or other pre-emptive offer to the holders of shares in the Company and other persons entitled to participate therein in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to their respective holdings, subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems under the laws of any territory or the regulations or requirements of any regulatory authority or any stock exchange in any territory; and

(b) otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) above, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £37,500,

and such power shall expire on the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or 8 December 2012, whichever is the earlier, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or treasury shares to be sold after such expiry, and the Board may allot equity securities or sell treasury shares in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 18The 2006 Act also provides that any allotment of new shares for cash must be made pro rata to individual shareholders’ holdings, unless such provisions are disapplied under section 570 of the 2006 Act. The authority given to the Directors at the time of the IPO to allot shares for cash pursuant to section 570 of the 2006 Act expires on the date of the AGM.

Resolution 18 will be proposed as a special resolution for the renewal of the Directors’ authority to allot equity securities for cash, without first offering them to shareholders pro rata to their holdings. This authority facilitates issues made by way of rights to shareholders which are not strictly in accordance with section 561(1) of the 2006 Act, and authorises other allotments of up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £37,500 of shares, representing approximately 5 per cent. of the current issued ordinary share capital of the Company. This authority also allows the Directors, within the same aggregate limit, to sell for cash shares that may be held by the Company in treasury. The Directors have no present intention of exercising this authority.

The authority granted under Resolution 18 will expire at the next annual general meeting or 8 December 2012, whichever is the earlier.

Resolution 19: Notice of general meetingsThat a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 19Changes made to the 2006 Act by the Companies (Shareholders’ Rights) Regulations 2009 (the ‘Shareholders’ Rights Regulations’) increased the notice period required for general meetings of a traded company to 21 days unless shareholders approve a shorter notice period, which cannot however be less than 14 clear days. Annual general meetings will continue to be held on at least 21 clear days’ notice.

Until the coming into force of the Shareholders Rights Regulations on 3 August 2009, a traded company was able to call general meetings other than an annual general meeting on 14 clear days’ notice without obtaining such shareholder approval. In order to preserve this ability, Resolution 19 seeks such approval. The shorter notice period would not be used as a matter of routine for such meetings, but only in exceptional circumstances where the flexibility is merited by the business of the meeting and is thought to be to the advantage of shareholders as a whole. A full and detailed explanation will be provided if it is deemed necessary to call a meeting on 14 clear days’ notice in the future. The approval will be effective until the Company’s next annual general meeting, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed.

Note that the changes to the 2006 Act mean that, in order to be able to call a general meeting on less than 21 clear days’ notice, the Company must make a means of electronic voting available to all shareholders for that meeting and we do this by enabling shareholders to lodge their instructions online via www.flybe-shares.com. An electronic voting facility is also available to shareholders who hold their shares through CREST and such shareholders are requested to read the section headed ‘Appointing a proxy through CREST’ in the ‘Important information’ section at the back of the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

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Resolution 20: Authority to purchase own sharesThat, the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised, pursuant to Article 9 of the Articles of Association of the Company and pursuant to section 701 of the 2006 Act, to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the 2006 Act) of up to 7,500,000 Ordinary Shares of 1p each (‘Ordinary Shares’) in the capital of the Company (being approximately 10 per cent. of the current issued ordinary share capital of the Company) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors of the Company may from time to time determine, provided that:

(a) the amount paid for each share (exclusive of expenses) shall not be more than the higher of (1) five per cent. above the average of the middle market quotation for Ordinary Shares as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange plc for the five business days before the date on which the contract for the purchase is made, and (2) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade and current independent bid as derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading system or less than 1p per share; and

(b) the authority herein contained shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2012 or on 8 December 2012, whichever is earlier, provided that the Company may, before such expiry, make a contract to purchase its own shares which would or might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry, and the Company may make a purchase of its own shares in pursuance of such contract as if the authority hereby conferred hereby had not expired.

Explanatory Note to Resolution 20Resolution 20 will be proposed as a special resolution to give the Company authority to purchase its own shares in the market during the period until the next annual general meeting of the Company or 8 December 2012, whichever is earlier, for up to 7,500,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 10 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company. The price payable shall not be more than five per cent. above the average of the middle market quotation as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange plc for the Ordinary Shares for the five business days before the purchase is made and in any event not more than the higher of the price of the last independent trade and current independent bid as derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading system and not less than 1p per share, being the nominal value of the shares.

It is the Directors’ intention only to exercise the authority to purchase the Company’s shares where it would increase the earnings per share of those Ordinary Shares that are not re-purchased. This power will only be used if the Directors consider that to do so would be in the best interests of shareholders generally. Save to the extent purchased pursuant to the regulations concerning treasury shares any Ordinary Shares purchased in this way will be cancelled and the number of shares in issue will be accordingly reduced. The Company may hold in treasury any of its own Ordinary Shares that it purchases pursuant to the relevant regulations and the authority conferred by this resolution. This would give the Company the ability to re-issue treasury shares quickly and cost effectively and would provide the Company with greater flexibility in the management of its capital base. As at 28 July 2011 (the last practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting) options to subscribe for a total of 937,146 Ordinary Shares were outstanding under the Company’s employee share schemes representing 1.2 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company at that date and 1.4 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company if the authority sought by this resolution were to be exercised in full.

Given the current shareholding of Rosedale Aviation Holdings Limited (‘Rosedale’) in the Company, any market purchase by the Company of its own shares would in any event be subject to prior consultation with the Takeover Panel and possibly further shareholder approval since such a purchase would increase the percentage of voting rights in which Rosedale is interested in a situation where Rosedale is already interested in more than 30% but not more than 50% of the Company’s voting rights and so technically may trigger a mandatory offer obligation under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code.

By order of the Board

Chris SimpsonCompany Secretary

29 July 2011

Registered Office:Jack Walker HouseExeter International AirportExeterDevon EX5 2HL

Registered in England and Wales No. 1373432

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Inspection of documentsThe copies of service contracts and letters of appointment of the Directors will be available for inspection at the registered office of the Company during normal business hours on any weekday (Saturday, Sunday and public holidays excluded) and on the date of the AGM when they will also be available for inspection at the offices of College Hill, The Registry, Royal Mint Court, London EC3N 4QN from 10.45am until the end of the AGM.

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Important information about the AGM1. Entitlement to attend and vote at the AGM

To be entitled to attend, speak and vote at the AGM (and for the purpose of the determination by the Company of the votes they may cast), shareholders must be registered in the register of members of the Company at 6pm on Tuesday 6 September 2011 (or, in the event of any adjournment, on the date which is two days before the time of the adjourned meeting). Changes to the register of members after the relevant deadline shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote at the meeting.

2. Asking a question at the AGMAny member, or their duly appointed proxy, attending the meeting has the right to ask questions. The Company must cause to be answered any such question relating to the business being dealt with at the meeting but no such answer need be given if: (a) to do so would interfere unduly with the preparation for the meeting or involve the disclosure of confidential information; (b) the answer has already been given on a website in the form of an answer to a question; or (c) it is undesirable in the interests of the Company or the good order of the meeting that the question be answered.

3. Appointing a proxyMembers are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend and to speak and vote on their behalf at the meeting. A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy in relation to the AGM provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by that shareholder. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A proxy form, which may be used to make such appointment and give proxy instructions, accompanies this Notice of Annual General Meeting. If you do not have a proxy form and believe that you should have one, or if you require additional forms, please contact our registrar, Capita Registrars (0871 664 0300 (UK callers, calls cost 10p per minute including VAT plus any additional network charges, lines are open 0830 to 1730 Monday to Friday) or +44 (0)20 8639 3399 (non-UK callers)).

To be valid any proxy form or other instrument appointing a proxy must be received by post or (during normal business hours only) by hand at Capita Registrars, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU or at www.flybe-shares.com, in each case no later than 11am on Tuesday 6 September 2011.

The return of a completed proxy form, other such instrument or any CREST Proxy Instruction (as described below) will not prevent a shareholder attending the AGM and voting in person if he/she wishes to do so.

4. Appointing a proxy through CRESTCREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual. CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed a voting service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.

In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a ‘CREST Proxy Instruction’) must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited’s specifications, and must contain the information required for such instruction, as described in the CREST Manual (available via www.euroclear.com/CREST). The message, regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or is an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the issuer’s agent (ID RA10) by 11am on Tuesday 6 September 2011. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the time stamp applied to the message by the CREST Application Host) from which the issuer’s agent is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means.

CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers, should note that Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular message. Normal system timings and limitations will, therefore, apply in relation to the input of CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST personal member, or sponsored member, or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to procure that his CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s) take(s)) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In this connection, CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting system providers are referred, in particular, to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.

The Company may treat as invalid a CREST Proxy Instruction in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.

5. Joint holders In the case of joint holders, where more than one of the joint holders purports to appoint a proxy, only the appointment

submitted by the most senior holder will be accepted. Seniority is determined by the order in which the names of the joint holders appear in the Company’s register of members in respect of the joint holding (the first-named being the most senior).

6. Corporate representativesAny corporation that is a shareholder can appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise on its behalf all of its powers as a shareholder provided that they do not do so in relation to the same shares.

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7. Nominated PersonsAny person to whom this notice is sent who is a person nominated under section 146 of the 2006 Act to enjoy information rights (a ‘Nominated Person’) may, under an agreement between him/her and the shareholder by whom he/she was nominated, have a right to be appointed (or to have someone else appointed) as a proxy for the AGM. If a Nominated Person has no such proxy appointment right or does not wish to exercise it, he/she may, under any such agreement, have a right to give instructions to the shareholder as to the exercise of voting rights.

The statement of the rights of shareholders in relation to the appointment of proxies above does not apply to Nominated Persons. The rights described in these paragraphs can only be exercised by shareholders of the Company.

8. Voting rightsAs at 28 July 2011 (being the last business day prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting) the Company’s issued share capital consists of 75,152,881 Ordinary Shares of 1p each, carrying one vote each. The Company holds no Ordinary Shares in treasury, therefore the total voting rights in the Company as at 28 July 2011 are 75,152,881.

9. Other mattersUnder section 527 of the 2006 Act members meeting the threshold requirements set out in that section have the right to require the Company to publish on a website a statement setting out any matter relating to: (i) the audit of the Company’s accounts (including the auditor’s report and the conduct of the audit) that are to be laid before the AGM; or (ii) any circumstance connected with an auditor of the Company ceasing to hold office since the previous meeting at which annual accounts and reports were laid in accordance with section 437 of the 2006 Act. The Company may not require the shareholders requesting any such website publication to pay its expenses in complying with sections 527 or 528 of the 2006 Act. Where the Company is required to place a statement on a website under section 527 of the 2006 Act, it must forward the statement to the Company’s auditor not later than the time when it makes the statement available on the website. The business which may be dealt with at the AGM includes any statement that the Company has been required under section 527 of the 2006 Act to publish on a website.

A copy of this notice, and other information required by section 311A of the 2006 Act, can be found at www.flybe.com/investors.

10. QueriesIf you have any queries please contact the Company Secretary, Flybe Group plc, Jack Walker House, Exeter International Airport, Exeter, Devon, EX5 2HL.

11. Electronic addressesYou may not use any electronic address provided either in this Notice of Annual General Meeting or any related documents (including the Chairman’s letter and proxy form) to communicate for any purpose other than those expressly stated.

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